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this week, ge is shuttering this plant in winchester, virginia, its last u.s. factory producing plain incandescent lightbulbs. forcing millions to switch to compact fluorescents. most of which are made overseas. >> this is edison's private experimental room at the laboratory. he was working on ways improving the electrical lamp. >> reporter: the great inventor would be torn about the change. >> on the one hand, he would have been disappointed. on the other hand, edison was somebody who was looking forward. one thing that he was very interested in, was there more efficient ways to generate electricity? he would have seen that as the future. >> reporter: the incandescent, nor tors you for getting by on few hours sleep, he wanted to transformed the world into a 24-hour culture by lighting up the night. >> the light bulb going off over your head, that's representing edison and his accomplishment. >> reporter: but it's e inefficient. they use 75% less energy. even those could be soon obsolete. but these don't need a standard fixture. imagine your entire wall as a li
this week, ge is shuttering this plant in winchester, virginia, its last u.s. factory producing plain incandescent lightbulbs. forcing millions to switch to compact fluorescents. most of which are made overseas. >> this is edison's private experimental room at the laboratory. he was working on ways improving the electrical lamp. >> reporter: the great inventor would be torn about the change. >> on the one hand, he would have been disappointed. on the other hand, edison was...
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it is the blizzard that dropped two to three feet of snow from virginia to a.j. a.j., and over on the other side of the country in california, the problem isn't snow, but mud. we have two reports tonight, and we're going to start with david kerley in washington. >> reporter: we are in downtown d.c., and this is the problem. a lot of snow still on these streets. just minutes ago, the federal government announced it will not open for business tomorrow. that's $100 million decision. lost productivity. the storm lasted just a day, but it will be days, possibly mid-week, before the mid-atlantic digs out from all this snow. in the city of monuments, the monumental job of deking out is under way. plows, snow blowers, shovels, dust bins being used to clear away the historic snowfall. you don't have the best tools this is a yogurt container? jail inmates broke up ice near the capitol. in washington, baltimore and philadelphia, main roads are nearly cleared, but most side roads are untouched. many schools are already closing through tuesday. for 150,000 families, it's a se
it is the blizzard that dropped two to three feet of snow from virginia to a.j. a.j., and over on the other side of the country in california, the problem isn't snow, but mud. we have two reports tonight, and we're going to start with david kerley in washington. >> reporter: we are in downtown d.c., and this is the problem. a lot of snow still on these streets. just minutes ago, the federal government announced it will not open for business tomorrow. that's $100 million decision. lost...
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this is virginia, which missed a white christmas by a day, but boy is it covered tonight. the last time atlanta had a white christmas was 1881. the year before, an associate of thomas edison invented electric christmas tree lights. in north carolina, five inches of snow pichling up in raleigh. asheville broke its christmas record with 6 1/2 inches. another 2 1/2 today. and all of this on one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> you can avoid being on the road, then don't travel. if you are flying, try to book the next flight out. >> reporter: thousands of flyers have been forced to rebook. this family, trying to get to north dakota, splept in washington's airport overnight, for an 8:00 a.m. flight. >> we went to get our boarding passes and it was canceled. next one out was 8:00 p.m. we weren't so happy. >> reporter: airport boards are filled with cancellations. delta airlines can delled 850 flights. continental, 250. and believe it or not, that means that some of those americans stuck at london's heathrow airport because of bad weather there still can't fly home. thi
this is virginia, which missed a white christmas by a day, but boy is it covered tonight. the last time atlanta had a white christmas was 1881. the year before, an associate of thomas edison invented electric christmas tree lights. in north carolina, five inches of snow pichling up in raleigh. asheville broke its christmas record with 6 1/2 inches. another 2 1/2 today. and all of this on one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> you can avoid being on the road, then don't travel. if...
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yunji de nies, abc news, arlington, virginia. >>> and that is going to do it for "world news" on this sunday. george stephanopoulos is back here tomorrow night. i'm dan harris. have a great night, and a safe memorial day. ñññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññ> for ten points, name something truly awful. [ bell dings ] microwave pizza! awful! [ buzz! ] microwave pizza used to be bad. [ show announcer ] but now there's red baron pizza by the slice. with a pizzeria style, fire-baked crust, it's unbelievably good pizza from the microwave. for ten points, name something awesome. [ bells ding ]
yunji de nies, abc news, arlington, virginia. >>> and that is going to do it for "world news" on this sunday. george stephanopoulos is back here tomorrow night. i'm dan harris. have a great night, and a safe memorial day. ñññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññ> for ten points, name something truly awful. [ bell dings ] microwave pizza! awful! [ buzz! ] microwave pizza used to be bad. [ show announcer ] but now there's red baron pizza by the slice....
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yunji de nies, abc news, arlington, virginia. >>> and that is going to do it for "world news" on this sunday. george stephanopoulos is back here tomorrow night. i'm dan harris. have a great night, and a safe memorial day. ñññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññ>
yunji de nies, abc news, arlington, virginia. >>> and that is going to do it for "world news" on this sunday. george stephanopoulos is back here tomorrow night. i'm dan harris. have a great night, and a safe memorial day. ñññññññññññññññññññññññññññññññ>
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and in west virginia, joe manchin goes into election day as a slight favorite. if democrats win either one of those races, republicans have to rub the table in all the other races. the attention will turn to what democrats hope will be their pacific firewall. washington state and california, in washington, patty murray, the incumbent three-term democratic senator there is in a very tough fight against dino rossi, the republican. it could go either way. in california, barbara boxer has bounced back. he looks like he's going into the night as a slight favorite, as well. and it all about nevada. that is going to be the sensor of the political universe on tuesday. it is a huge night. for the tea party, it's going to be triumph of tragedy. they take down their target with sharron angle beating harry reid, or they fall just short. >> so, but just to sum up here, it looks like, the forecast called for the republicans taking back the house but not the senate at this point. >> reporter: that is going to be very, very difficult for them. everything has to go right across
and in west virginia, joe manchin goes into election day as a slight favorite. if democrats win either one of those races, republicans have to rub the table in all the other races. the attention will turn to what democrats hope will be their pacific firewall. washington state and california, in washington, patty murray, the incumbent three-term democratic senator there is in a very tough fight against dino rossi, the republican. it could go either way. in california, barbara boxer has bounced...
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also, west virginia, joe manchin, the popular democratic governor there is making a strong case for senate. if either of those races goes democratic, republicans will have to run the table. and that brings us to the democratic fire wall, what they hope will be the fire wall, out west in california and in washington state. in washington, patty murray, the incumbent senator there is neck and neck against dino rossi. just too close to predict. and in california, barbara boxer seems to have pulled ahead a little bit against carly fiorina. if she pulls that off, democrats are likely to hold the senate. and the marquee matchup of the night is in nevada. that is going to be tea party triumph or tragedy. they would love to take down harry reid, sharron angle, the tea party candidate, out there, a lot of complicating factors in this race. if they miss this opportunity, there will be a lot of soul searching about why they weren't able to beat their number one target. >> fascinating year, and that's a particularly fascinating race. thank you very much for coming on, rick klein. appreciate it. >>> one
also, west virginia, joe manchin, the popular democratic governor there is making a strong case for senate. if either of those races goes democratic, republicans will have to run the table. and that brings us to the democratic fire wall, what they hope will be the fire wall, out west in california and in washington state. in washington, patty murray, the incumbent senator there is neck and neck against dino rossi. just too close to predict. and in california, barbara boxer seems to have pulled...